Daily Devotional with Oswald ChambersBased on the Book: 'My Utmost For His Highest' (The
Golden Book of Oswald Chambers,1935) by Oswald Chambers

The Hidden Life

". . . your life is hidden with Christ in God" Colossians 3:3

The Spirit of God testifies to and confirms the simple, but almighty, security
of the life that “is hidden with Christ in God.” Paul continually brought this
out in his New Testament letters. We talk as if living a sanctified life were
the most uncertain and insecure thing we could do. Yet it is the most secure
thing possible, because it has Almighty God in and behind it. The most dangerous
and unsure thing is to try to live without God. For one who is born again, it is
easier to live in a right-standing relationship with God than it is to go wrong,
provided we heed God’s warnings and “walk in the light” (1 John 1:7).

When we think of being delivered from sin, being “filled with the Spirit”
(Ephesians 5:18), and “walk[ing] in the light,” we picture the peak of a great
mountain. We see it as very high and wonderful, but we say, “Oh, I could never
live up there!” However, when we do get there through God’s grace, we find it is
not a mountain peak at all, but a plateau with plenty of room to live and to
grow. “You enlarged my path under me, so my feet did not slip” (Psalm 18:36).

When you really see Jesus, I defy you to doubt Him. If you see Him when He says,
“Let not your heart be troubled . . .” (John 14:27), I defy you to worry. It is
virtually impossible to doubt when He is there. Every time you are in personal
contact with Jesus, His words are real to you. “My peace I give to you . . .”
(John 14:27)— a peace which brings an unconstrained confidence and covers you
completely, from the top of your head to the soles of your feet. “. . . your
life is hidden with Christ in God,” and the peace of Jesus Christ that cannot be
disturbed has been imparted to you.